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From: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com>
To: Marty Leisner <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com>
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Subject: Re: Year 2038 or 2106? 
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On Mon, 18 May 1998, Marty Leisner wrote:

> Probably because -1 is an error value:

Ah, that's it.  Of course, 0 would have been just as invalid a return val
as -1, plus letting you write

   t=time();
   if (!t)
     ...

Thanks for elucidating me



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